BACULINE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BACULINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BACULINE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BACULINE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BACULINE
No single letter turns BACULINE into another word.
How BACULINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BACULINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BACULINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BACULINE
- All 8 letters of BACULINE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BACULINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareformal
Relating to the rod or cane, especially as an instrument of punishment.
Baculine looks back to a time when schools and courts relied on the stick, and the word comes from the Latin for staff. A baculine regime is one of harsh discipline. Today the word survives mostly in jokes or in learned prose.
How BACULINE is used
Baculine is a rare, learned word tied to caning and flogging.
- The headmaster was known for his baculine discipline.
- Victorian schooling was often baculine in spirit.
- He wrote with horror of the baculine punishments of his youth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BACULINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BACULINE
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Common questions about BACULINE
- Is BACULINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BACULINE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BACULINE worth?
- BACULINE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BACULINE mean?
- Relating to the rod or cane, especially as an instrument of punishment.
- What letters can be added to BACULINE?
- No single letter can be added to BACULINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BACULINE:
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